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Gay McManus made his senior championship debut for the
Milltown senior team as a sixteen year old in 1974. He would play championship football for Milltown for twenty years before retiring in 1994. In that time, he would play in four county finals in 1978, 1981, 1986 and 1987. Unfortunately, Milltown
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in 1979/80. He won the university title again the following year in 1980/81 as
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Gay McManus began his football career with Galway playing at full-forward for the Minor team who were defeated in the
Connacht final of 1975. He was still eligible for the minor grade the following year, playing an integral role in helping Galway to go all the way to winning Connacht and All-Ireland
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Connacht finals in 1988 and 1989, it was now high time for McManus to finish up his career after thirteen seasons. Gay McManus was an integral part of Galway's dominance in Connacht in the 1980s. From captaining the side in 1982 to leading from the front as Galway's top
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1-11 to 0-11. The
Tribesmen would make it three Connacht titles in a row in 1984, overcoming Mayo in the final, 2-13 to 2-09. In the All-Ireland semi-final, they would face Kerry again and unfortunately would lose again to the eventual All-Ireland champions.
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McManus won his first piece of silverware with the Galway senior team following victory over
Roscommon in the 1980/81 National Football League Final, Galway running out victors 1-11 to 1-03, McManus providing a great goal for Galway.
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Connacht final in 1985 but would make up for it in 1986, going all the way to beat Roscommon 1-08 to 1-05 in the final. Unfortunately, Galway would bow out at the semi-final stage once again, this time to
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on a scoreline of 1-12 to 2-08. Mcmanus and Galway would fall short to
Roscommon again the following year on a scoreline of 2-07 to 0-09. Galway wouldn't reach the Connacht final again for another 4 years.
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free-kick outside the forty-five meant that the sides would have to meet again. Unfortunately, it wasn't Galway's day in the replay as they were simply outclassed by Cork, 0-18 to 1-04.
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